Ambushes and fatal shootings fuel increase in police death toll this yearSource: Washington PostDate: December 29, 2016The first shots were fired just before 9 p.m. A protest against deadly shootings by police was winding down in Dallas, with demonstrators making their way back to their cars, when officers heard the initial burst of gunfire. By the time it was over, five police officers had been killed, several others were injured and a lone gunman was dead after a standoff with officers.

Sharp Rise in Ambush Killings Leaves Police Officers, Families on EdgeSource: NBC NewsDate: December 29, 2016When a shooter began firing on two Baton Rouge police officers in a July ambush attack, Deputy Sheriff Brad Garafola managed to take cover behind a dumpster. After calling in the attack on his radio, however, Garafola left his covered position, charging into the street to help the wounded officers.

Six days, six Georgia officers shotSource: CNN By Max Blau, Catherine E. Shoichet and Jay CroftDate: December 13, 2016The past week has not been a kind one to Georgia's small-town police officers.
Six days. Six officers shot. Two deaths.

Cops get gunned down in cowardly ambush attacksSource: AMERICAN POLICE BEAT by Craig W. FloydDate: December 13, 2016The shocking news that two Iowa police officers were murdered on November 2, 2016, in ambush-style shootings has put an exclamation point on one of the darkest periods for law enforcement in recent history.

Police officer who saved children from burning building to be honoredSource: FOX 29 By Fox San AntonioDate: December 12, 2016A local police officer was honored on Monday for saving the lives of three children who were trapped inside a burning building. Officer Tim Bowen received the December 2016 Officer of the Month award from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund on Monday.

64 officers have been killed by firearms in 2016Source: WASHINGTON(ABC7) by Amy AubertDate: December 8, 2016On Thursday, visitors at the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial paid their respects to the fallen. “It’s a very sad time for our nation. Our police officers are under attack and when our police officers are at risk, all of us are at risk,” said Craig Floyd, President/CEO of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

Police officers 'keenly aware' they are targets for violenceSource: SUN SENTINEL by Tammy Webber, Associated PressDate: November 22, 2016The shootings of police officers in Texas and Missouri on Sunday were the latest in what law enforcement officials say is an alarming spike in ambush-style attacks. One-third of police officers shot to death on the job this year were purposely targeted by their assailant, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

Fallen officers: 58 shot dead in the line of duty in 2016Source: CNN by Jason Hanna, Ralph Ellis and Steve VisserDate: November 21, 2016Fifty-eight law enforcement officers have been shot and killed this year -- well ahead of last year's 12-month total, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

Fatal shootings of police officers are up more than 50 percent from last year Source: WASHINGTON POST by Christopher IngrahamDate: November 2, 2016Police in Iowa recently took a man named Scott Michael Greene, 46, into custody in connection with the ambush killings of two officers in the Des Moines area Wednesday morning.
The killings are the 51st and 52nd police officer deaths caused by firearms this year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund ...

Police see heightened threat of ambush after year of unrestSource: FOX NEWS by Edmund DeMarcheDate: October 14, 2016Hours after five Dallas police officers were killed by sniper fire during a July protest over police aggression, a call reporting a break-in at an apartment came in to the Valdosta Police Department in Georgia.

DC's Run for the Badge and the importance of supporting law enforcementSource: GOOD MORNING WASHINGTONDate: September 28, 2016It’s been a tense climate for police officers lately, with many units under scrutiny in the wake of shootings.DC's Annual Run for the Badge offers that recognition, and this morning Sgt. Greg Alemian of the DC Metropolitan Police Department as well as Craig Floyd, president of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fun, stopped by to tell us more.